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No. 609,505 Patented Aug. 23, [898.

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ORRA I. FOSTER, OF I'IAVERI-IILL, MASSACHUSETTS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 609,505, dated August23, 1898. Application filed August 13, 1897. Serial No. 648,114 (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Beit known that I, ORRA I. FOSTER, of Haverhill, in the county of Essexand State of -Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Shoes, ofwhich the followin g description, in connection with. the accompanyingdrawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representinglike parts.

In the manufacture of shoes the vamp and quarter entering into the upperare usually lined with a material different from that of the outerportion of the shoe, the said lining being joined by stitches to thematerial of the upper about the upper edge of the shoe. This lining isusually made of fibrous material, but in the better class of slippers itis made of thin leather; but the said lining and upper are made asseparate pieces and stitched together.

I desire to facilitate the operation of making shoes and at the sametime make a shoe which presents at its interior surface a material whichis the same as that constituting the exterior of the shoe, the interiorof the shoe presenting a face just the same as the exterior of theshoe-.that is, if the shoe is made of a thin goat-skin, finished in theusual manner with a glaze, the glazing will be at the outer and also atthe inner side, such shoe being easily put on and removed and presentinga very neat appearance.

Figure 1 is a side'elevation of a shoe embodying my invention. Fig. 2shows a blank constituting the quarter of the shoe represented inFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a blank showing the vamp entering into the compositionof the upper of the shoe shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4. showsthe quarter andvamp partially united as in the manufacture of the shoe. Fig. 5 showsthe quarter and vamp united, each being broken out somewhat. Fig. 6 is asimilar view as Fig. 5, with a different portion of the vamp broken outto show the stitches; and Fig. 7 is a section in the line mm, Fig. 6.

To make my improved shoe, I take a quarter-blank A, as shown in Fig. 2,and preferably I lay upon it two short stays B, which may be of textilematerial, said stays being put on the unfinished or that side of theleather or other material which is not to be exposed when the shoe ismade up, and I thereafter fold the said quartenblank cen trally on thedotted line a a, (shown in Fig.

2,) thusconcealing the stays B. I take for the vamp of the upper a blank0, substantially of the shape shown in Fig. 3, and preferably I lay onsaid blank a stay 0, preferably of textile material, said stay beingapplied at that side of the blank which is not to be exposed in theshoe-for instance, of a morocco vamp the unfinished side of the morocco.ted line c To put this quarter and vamp together, I take the extendedvamp, as in Fig. 4., and apply to it the ends 6'- of the quarter,placing uppermost the face or finished side of the vamp which is to beexposed, and I apply to it the end 6 of the face or finished side of thequarter and unite the same by a line of stitches, as at e, whichstitches are extended for about half the width of the quarter at eachend, and I then fold down and backwardly over the portion so stitched tothe vamp the portion e" of the quarter, and I then stitch to the end 6of the quarter and to the vamp by two lines of stitching, as at 6 andthen the vamp is turned inwardly upon itself, leaving the upper as shownin Fig. 5. The upper is then turned wrong side out into the positionFig. 6, which conceals the stitching e? left at the interior of theshoe, and the upper, (shown in Fig. 6,) composed of like uniformmaterial folded upon itself both in the quarter and vamp, is then incondition to be put upon a last in connection with a sole h, and saidsole and upper will be then stitched together, making the shoe shown inFig. l.

I then fold the said vamp in the dot- I Fig. 7 shows a section throughthe upper at the'junction of the vamp and quarter on the dotted line at00, Fig. 6.

The shoe herein shown, let it be supposed, composed of a vamp andquarter of kid or morocco having a glazed face, will, when the shoeisfinished, presentthis finished face both inside and outside justalike, and the process of applying a lining to the shoe by stitches isobviated.

The stays 13 receive the stitches made to unite the vamp and quarter,and the ends of the stay 0 also receive the same stitches, the use ofthe stays materially strengthening the completed upper and shoe.

I am aware that a lumbermans sock has been composed of two like-shapedhalves of sheepskin tanned with the wool on, the seam running from theback of the leg, down the leg, under the bottom of the sole, up alongover the top of the foot from the toe to the top of the ankle, and thenstraight to the top of the leg, and that such a sock has been lined withtwo like-shaped pieces of felt seamed in the manner described, the topof the felt lin ing being sewed to the top of the sheepskin exterior.

Having fully described my invention,what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. A shoe consisting of a vamp and quarter composed of material, eachdoubled centrally upon itself, so that one and the same side of saidmaterial appears at both the outer and at the inner side of the saidvamp and quarter, said vamp and quarter being united togethersubstantially as described, by stitching which is concealed when theshoe is in its finished condition, substantially as described.

2. A shoe presenting an upper composed of a seamless vamp and a seamlessquarter, each .of double thickness and made by folding the foldedquarter being united to the sole of the shoe, substantially asdescribed.

4.. In a shoe, a vamp composed of a blank folded centrally transverselyupon itself, and having its two free edges stitched or united to thesole of the boot or shoe, said folded edge forming the top of the vampand being seamless, substantially as described.

5. A boot or shoe composed of a vamp folded transversely and centrallyupon itself to form a seamless double-thickness vamp, a quarter foldedlongitudinally on itself to form a seamless double-thickness quarter,both the vamp and quarter being united together to leave a foldedseamless edge of material about the upper edge of the quarter and thetop of the vamp, the two lower edges of each of said vamp and quarterbeing united with the sole of the shoe, substantially as described.

6. A shoe composed of a vamp and quarter each of double thickness tothereby constitute an inner and outer face for the same, a stay appliedwithin the folded parts of said vamp and quarter to receive thestitching used to unite said vamp and quarter, and a sole, substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ORRA I. FOSTER.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. GREGORY, ALEX. C. PROUDFIT.

